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US-Russia efforts not enough to resolve Karabakh conflict
15:29 * 04.04.15
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is not the kind of land dispute to be
resolved by the mere desire of either Russia or the United States,
according to a former defense minister,
Speaking to Tert.am, Vagharshak Harutyunyan expressed his disagreement
to the widely circulating opinion that Russia is trying to delay the
final settlement in an attempt to keep Armenia and Azerbaijan in
dependence of itself.
"I can ask the opposite question: why don't Azerbaijan's allies do not
help resolve the dispute in that country's favor?"
"There is one thing that needs to be understood: a land is seized with
blood and defended with blood. Azerbaijan was not able to do that, but
we were. So our task today is to maintain it," he said.
Asked what can hold back Azerbaijan from the repeated acts of sabotage
along the frontline, the former minister replied, "There is one
option: to hand over Karabakh. Do you agree to that?"
Harutyunyan said he thinks that the society needs to have a proper
understanding of the fact that a decade or two is not a sufficient
time period for resolving a conflict. "We must bring the affair to an
end. Painful though it is - and with losses unfortunately - life is a
struggle," he added.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/04/04/vagharshak-harutyunyan/1637350
From: A. Papazian
15:29 * 04.04.15
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is not the kind of land dispute to be
resolved by the mere desire of either Russia or the United States,
according to a former defense minister,
Speaking to Tert.am, Vagharshak Harutyunyan expressed his disagreement
to the widely circulating opinion that Russia is trying to delay the
final settlement in an attempt to keep Armenia and Azerbaijan in
dependence of itself.
"I can ask the opposite question: why don't Azerbaijan's allies do not
help resolve the dispute in that country's favor?"
"There is one thing that needs to be understood: a land is seized with
blood and defended with blood. Azerbaijan was not able to do that, but
we were. So our task today is to maintain it," he said.
Asked what can hold back Azerbaijan from the repeated acts of sabotage
along the frontline, the former minister replied, "There is one
option: to hand over Karabakh. Do you agree to that?"
Harutyunyan said he thinks that the society needs to have a proper
understanding of the fact that a decade or two is not a sufficient
time period for resolving a conflict. "We must bring the affair to an
end. Painful though it is - and with losses unfortunately - life is a
struggle," he added.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/04/04/vagharshak-harutyunyan/1637350
From: A. Papazian